School of Medicine and Public Health

The School of Medicine and Public Health is the largest of four Schools within the Faculty of Health and Medicine. The School's educational strengths are the Joint Medical Program and postgraduate programs in population health. The School also has a strong research focus
and works closely with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) which has pioneered the integration of multi-campus university and hospital based-research.

STUDY AREAS

There is a wide range of specialties students can choose in their postgraduate years. Our academic staff are grouped across all the disciplines associated with a medical program. The disciplines contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various ways, including curriculum design, teaching,
assessment or research. As an undergraduate student you will begin to observe and experience the various specialty areas during clinical placements.

Undergraduate Medicine (Joint Medical Program - JMP) students receive a combination of training in metropolitan teaching hospitals and clinical schools. Of the five clinical schools that teach JMP students, four are managed by the School of Medicine and Public Health. They are located in the Hunter and
Central Coast regions as well as Tamworth and Taree. Our JMP partner, the University of New England manages the Tablelands Clinical School located in Armidale. These established networks and relationships provide the JMP with clinical richness and breadth in rural health that is unrivalled in NSW.